Benthic foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico
Subtitle: distribution, ecology, paleoecology
By: C. Wylie Poag
Edition: First edition.
Series: Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series; Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781623491956; 9781623492137
Subjects: Foraminifera; Ecology; Geographical distribution; Paleoecology; Fossil Foraminifera
Notes: Folded color map in pocket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ecology and distribution of predominant genera; title: Introduction; title: Environmental characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico; title: Physiography and geology of the Gulf Coastal Plain; title: Physiography of the gulf floor; title: Climate; title: Water mass stratification and current circulation; title: Sediments of the gulf floor; title: Marine biogeography; title: Previous studies of gulf benthic foraminifera; title: Generic predominance facies of modern gulf benthic foraminifera; title: Estuarine biotopes; title: Salt marshes; title: Mangroves; title: Florida Bay; title: Charlotte Harbor; title: Tampa Bay; title: Apalachicola Bay; title: St. Andrew Bay; title: Choctawhatchee Bay; title: Perdido Bay; title: Mobile Bay; title: Biloxi Bay; title: Mississippi Sound; title: East Mississippi Delta; title: Lake Pontchartrain; title: Timbalier Bay; title: Sabine Lake; title: Galveston Bay; title: Matagorda Bay; title: San Antonio Bay; title: Aransas Bay; title: Corpus Christi Bay; title: Baffin Bay; title: Laguna Madre (Texas); title: Laguna Madre (Tamaulipas); title: Laguna de Tamiahua; title: Laguna Alvarado; title: Laguna del Carmen; title: Laguna de Terminos; title: Estuarine summary; title: Continental shelf biotopes; title: Banks and reefs; title: Shelf zones of hypoxia; title: Continental slope biotopes; title: Gyre intraslope basin; title: Orca intraslope basin; title: Campeche Canyon; title: Cold hydrocarbon seeps; title: Continental rise and Florida Plain biotopes; title: Sigsbee Plain and Mississippi Fan biotopes; title: Relationships between generic predominance facies and environmental properties; title: Salinity; title: Temperature; title: Substrate; title: Water mass composition; title: Food supply, dissolved oxygen, and water clarity; title: Bottom topography; title: Holocene sea-level rise; title: Generic predominance diversity; title: Fossil foraminifera and paleoecological interpretation; title: Conclusions; title: Description and illustration of diagnostic species; title: Taxonomy and distribution; title: Plates: Scanning electron photomicrographs; title: Appendix 1: Supplementary figures and tables; title: Appendix 2: List of cosmopolitan benthic foraminiferal species; title: Appendix 3: List of regional benthic foraminiferal species; title: Appendix 4: List of endemic benthic foraminiferal species; title: Appendix 5: List of relict benthic foraminiferal species.